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In a Dark Wood

Author: Amanda Craig  

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' Amanda Craig's fourth novel is set in the modern world, but this absorbing, often dreamlike story gets its structure and its emotional clout straight from the Brothers Grimm' New York Times

'Amanda Craig's fourth novel is set in the modern world, but this absorbing, often dreamlike story gets its structure and its emotional clout straight from the Brothers Grimm' New York Times

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' Amanda Craig's fourth novel is set in the modern world, but this absorbing, often dreamlike story gets its structure and its emotional clout straight from the Brothers Grimm' New York Times

'Amanda Craig's fourth novel is set in the modern world, but this absorbing, often dreamlike story gets its structure and its emotional clout straight from the Brothers Grimm' New York Times

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Thirty-nine, divorced, jobless: Benedick Hunter is going nowhere, heading in the exact opposite direction he expected. So when he comes across a children's book that his mother, Laura, wrote, he decides that her life and work - haunting stories replete with sinister woods, wicked witches and brave girls who battle giants - hold the key to finding out why his own life is such a mess.

Setting out to discover why Laura killed herself when he was six, Benedick travels to the US. As he grows more obsessed with what happened to his mother, Benedick enters into a dark wood - one that is both hilariously real and terrifyingly psychological. Dark humorous and inventive, In a Dark Wood casts light on the nature of depression, genius and of the healing power of storytelling.

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About the Author

Amanda Craig is a British novelist, short-story writer and critic. After a brief time in advertising and PR, she became a journalist for newspapers such as the Sunday Times, Observer, Daily Telegraph and Independent, winning both the Young Journalist of the Year and the Catherine Pakenham Award. She was the children's critic for the Independent on Sunday and The Times. She still reviews children's books for the New Statesman, and literary fiction for the Observer, but is mostly a full-time novelist. Her novel Hearts and Minds was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and The Lie of the Land was chosen as book of the year by the Guardian, Observer, Telegraph, New Statesman, Evening Standard, Sunday Times and Irish Times.

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Thirty-nine, divorced, jobless: Benedick Hunter is going nowhere, heading in the exact opposite direction he expected. So when he comes across a children's book that his mother, Laura, wrote, he decides that her life and work - haunting stories replete with sinister woods, wicked witches and brave girls who battle giants - hold the key to finding out why his own life is such a mess.Setting out to discover why Laura killed herself when he was six, Benedick travels to the US. As he grows more obsessed with what happened to his mother, Benedick enters into a dark wood - one that is both hilariously real and terrifyingly psychological. Dark humorous and inventive, In a Dark Wood casts light on the nature of depression, genius and of the healing power of storytelling.

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Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group | Abacus
Published
3rd March 2022
Pages
336
ISBN
9780349145211

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